April 07, 2006

'Trek' on G4: Live long and snark

“Star Trek” fans, take note: Starting at 10 p.m. Monday, G4 is re-running the classic original edition of the sci-fi favorite, in a fresh and entertaining new way.

G4, for those who don’t know it, is a cable channel that focuses for the most part on developments in the video game world, but it also airs the addictive and irreverent nightly newscast known as “Attack of the Show.” “AOTS” is sort of a “Daily Show” for fans of all things nerdy, tech-oriented and just silly (a recent segment focused on a hypothetical trailer for the movie “Snakes on a Plane”).

G4’s newest attempt to get geeks addicted to its fare is “Star Trek 2.0.” “Trek 2.0” will feature episodes of the original Spock and Kirk series in the middle of the TV screen, but the footage of the show will be surrounded by snippets from live chats that viewers can participate in at www.g4tv.com/trek2.0.

Also onscreen: “Trek” stats, including a running tally of Kirk’s dramatic pauses and the number of red-shirt deaths, as well as a constant stream of “Trek” trivia and a real-time, viewer-generated “Spock Market.”

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